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St James's 1885
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St James's, Westminster]
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PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTER,
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH.
T able I.—
| causes of deaths. | St. James, Westminster. | Workhouse. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Above 1 and under 5. | Above 5 and under 20. | Above 20 and under 40. | Above 40 and under 60. | Above 60 and under 80. | 80 and upwards. | All Ages. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I—Zymotic Diseases Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric (Typhoid) Fever | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diarrhœa | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Rheumatism | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| II.—Constitutional | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Phthisis or Consmpt. | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... | 13 |
| Tabes Mesenterica | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Apoplexy | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 7 |
| Paralysis | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Convulsions | 11 | ... | 6 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
| Dropsy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| III.—Local Diseases Brain Disease | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Heart Disease | 5 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 6 |
| Lung Disease | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 5 |
| Liver Disease | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Kidney Disease | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| Stomach Disease | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 4 |
| Bronchit s | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| Croup | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Abscess | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| IV—Developmental Diseases. | ||||||||||
| Old Age | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Marasmus | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Child birth | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Inanition | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Exhaustion | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Atrophy & Debility | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Diseases | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | |
| V.— Violent Deaths. | ... | |||||||||
| Murder | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Suicide | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | |
| Suffocation | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Fractures | 1 | ::: | ::: | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 94 | 16 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 26 | 5 | in |